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If you could change one rule at The John Hope-Charles Walter Hill Elementary Schools, what would it be?
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Enrollment
423
Elementary
DISTRICT 470 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 130012000143
The John Hope-Charles Walter Hill Elementary Schools
112 Boulevard NE, Atlanta, GA 30312 · (404) 802-7450 · Fulton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL423 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of Georgia public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
396 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 74%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 35 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 5% larger than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
22.2%
GA avg 40.1% . +9.6pp since 2021
Math
23.9%
GA avg 44.6% . +9.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.2% | 23.9% |
| 2023-24 | 28.4% | 23.1% |
| 2022-23 | 22.4% | 20.1% |
| 2021-22 | 12.6% | 14.1% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
24.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.0%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like The John Hope-Charles Walter Hill Elementary Schools
The John Hope-Charles Walter Hill Elementary Schools's state test result (24.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| The John Hope-Charles Walter Hill Elementary Schools this school | 423 | 93.6% | 24.8% |
| Hodge Elementary School Savannah | 420 | 95.2% | 34.0% |
| Rigdon Road Elementary School Columbus | 437 | 100.0% | 13.2% |
| Andrea B Williams Elementary School Savannah | 414 | 93.0% | 17.9% |
| Garrett Elementary School Augusta | 435 | 100.0% | 21.2% |
| Fox Elementary School Columbus | 383 | 100.0% | 8.4% |
Matched among Georgia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where The John Hope-Charles Walter Hill Elementary Schools ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.8% | #938 of 1,208 | #79 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #985 of 1,215 ▼ 7 | #86 of 113 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.2% | #953 of 1,215 ▼ 124 | #82 of 113 ▼ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.7pp | #146 of 1,183 | #26 of 110 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 423 | #1,046 of 1,324 | #88 of 120 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #76 of 1,301 | #21 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.2% | #966 of 1,301 | #53 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.6% | #539 of 1,312 | #71 of 119 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.7% | #369 of 386 | #19 of 19 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
423
+81 (+24%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 400
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 11.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 423 | 39.9 | 10.6:1 | 94% (396) |
| 2023-24 | 409 | 36.5 | 11.2:1 | 100% (409) |
| 2022-23 | 369 | 34.7 | 10.6:1 | 100% (369) |
| 2020-21 | 342 | 30 | 11.4:1 | 100% (342) |
| 2017-18 | 420 | 32.1 | 13.1:1 | 100% (420) |
| 2015-16 | 433 | 33 | 13.1:1 | 99% (430) |
| 2010-11 | 264 | 23 | 11.5:1 | 94% (249) |
| 2000-01 | 288 | 30 | 9.6:1 | 91% (261) |
| 1990-91 | 400 | 25 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for The John Hope-Charles Walter Hill Elementary Schools.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (420 to 423); teachers up 24% (32.1 to 39.9).
About The John Hope-Charles Walter Hill Elementary Schools
The John Hope-Charles Walter Hill Elementary Schools is a small elementary school with its address in Atlanta, Georgia. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 423 students enrolled. It has 30% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Georgia (about 605).
Atlanta Public Schools has a total of 87 schools and 49,945 students, The John Hope-Charles Walter Hill Elementary Schools among them.
The share of Black students at The John Hope-Charles Walter Hill Elementary Schools is 77%, a majority. The remaining students are 13% White, 5% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Fulton County is about 43% Black. A diversity index of 39% means there is a 39% chance two randomly chosen students at The John Hope-Charles Walter Hill Elementary Schools are from different groups.
There are about 10.6 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at The John Hope-Charles Walter Hill Elementary Schools, which has 39.9. The school's 10.6:1 compares with an average of 13.3:1 for elementary schools in Georgia. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 94%. The 62% average for public schools in Fulton County is 32 points lower.
The John Hope-Charles Walter Hill Elementary Schools earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 29% of Georgia public elementary schools.
In Georgia, The John Hope-Charles Walter Hill Elementary Schools is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 24.8% actual against a predicted 29.0%.
For Fulton County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $95,292, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 59%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. The county has 205 public schools and about 138,270 students.
David T Howard Middle School is the nearest public school to The John Hope-Charles Walter Hill Elementary Schools, about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The John Hope-Charles Walter Hill Elementary Schools comes in 8th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 24%, from 342 to 423.
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Fulton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,076,561
Census ACS
Median income
$95,292
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
205
138,270 students
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Frequently asked questions
About The John Hope-Charles Walter Hill Elementary SchoolsHow large is The John Hope-Charles Walter Hill Elementary Schools?
The John Hope-Charles Walter Hill Elementary Schools enrolls approximately 423 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does The John Hope-Charles Walter Hill Elementary Schools serve?
The John Hope-Charles Walter Hill Elementary Schools serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does The John Hope-Charles Walter Hill Elementary Schools have?
The John Hope-Charles Walter Hill Elementary Schools employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at The John Hope-Charles Walter Hill Elementary Schools?
At The John Hope-Charles Walter Hill Elementary Schools, the student body is approximately 13% White, 5% Hispanic, 77% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is The John Hope-Charles Walter Hill Elementary Schools public or private?
The John Hope-Charles Walter Hill Elementary Schools is a public K-12 school, overseen by Atlanta Public Schools.
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